This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1908
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Thomas J Berdo announce the marriage of their daughter Hallie to Dr Henry C Hull. The wedding occurs Tuesday evening October 6 at 8:30 at 102 North Iowa avenue.
The Bachelor Maids will be guests of Miss Josephine Babcock tomorrow evening at a party honoring Miss Hallie Berdo before her upcoming marriage.
Mr and Mrs Joseph F Green of Corpus Christi Texas and Mr and Mrs George H Pau were entertained at a twelve o'clock dinner Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs S W Brookhart in a social notice detailing local hospitality.
About seventy children gathered Saturday at the C. S. Lemmon residence on East Madison Street for a 3 to 5:30 p.m. celebration hosted by Master John and Isabelle Lemmon. They played games on the lawn, fished for keepsakes in an improvised pond, hunted for peanuts, and ended with a luncheon.
A reception honoring Mr and Mrs Lee Hough followed their September 9 wedding at Audubon Iowa. The couple Myrtle Jayne daughter of Mr and Mrs E P Jayne Extra Iowa. About twenty five guests attended the Sep 19 event at the John A Hough home near West Chester. A noon dinner was served by Mrs Hough with help from Mrs Ira Hough and Miss Edith Jayne. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs J T Pattison isa Hueston Jayne Edmond Kan.
Miss Lewis announces an exhibition of Fall and Winter millinery to be displayed Thursday through Saturday. A piece notes thirty one varieties, highlighting G W Dodder’s dahlia varieties and horticultural enthusiasm alongside broader support for breeding new fruit, grain, and flower varieties. State Center Iowa Sept 21. Rev George E Shear plans to resign from the Methodist pulpit to become cashier at First National Bank of Rockford. conference at Mt Vernon Oct 7.
The Journal reports the board of supervisors plans a fall election measure to authorize investing up to $10,000 in land adjoining the current county farm to expand the farm. The board also toured the facility, praising Mr Beatty for upkeep of the grounds and inmates.
Temperatures rose to a high around 88 degrees today while cooler nights offer relief. The steady warm spell continued with pleasant evenings predicted ahead.
A marriage license was issued this afternoon to Wm. R. Davison and Eveline Wagner. Fred Skoia of the Kalona bank was a city visitor today.
Muscatine Iowa Sept 21 George Buckley a farmer at Nelson a small station west of here had a narrow escape crossing Rock Island tracks in a buggy. The train struck the outfit throwing him about thirty feet. Buckley escaped unharmed but the buggy was demolished and one horse injured.
The Farmers Institute board met last Saturday to prepare for this winter's event. John S. Wilson was named program chair and will hire speakers with an assistant. Mrs. W. J. Brooks and Mrs. James Palmer filled vacancies left by resignations of Mrs. W. W. Wilson and Mrs. A. L. Young. A further board meeting is set for Saturday afternoon October 3.
At McCall's store Mrs R T Mc Call invites the public to view the latest millinery designs on Thursday and Friday September 24 and 25. The event showcases new hats and styles from Mrs Mc Call's collection.
A gimlet in a carpenter’s basket complains of envy and wasted effort until the hammer urges self worth. The hammer notes that many tools can mimic others’ work, but only the gimlet can perform its precise task to set joints without splitting, entrusted by the master for neat, solid work.
A curious illusion shows a central brick drawn with all edges like glass changing form to resemble the nearby bricks. The effect depends on how the eyes accommodate to the pattern and requires steady fixation to reveal the desired image.
A compact set of biblical pun jokes about Noah and Adam. The riddles play on wordplay with names and biblical events, delivering quick punchlines such as Noah sat on the deck and Noah bearing arms.
A poem about banty Mary and her eight tiny babies. Jerry the papa guards the garden as a hawk looms. The chicks flee to safety under cabbage leaves and Mary’s feather bed each night.
A note from Miss Cod-Freddy Scales mentions sending a letter today, prompting anticipation that this could be the promised communication.
Riddler asks for two words containing vowels in order, namely facetious and abstemious. It notes that certain words sound quicker when a syllable is added, such as quick and short. It also poses a five letter word where taking the first two letters leaves one letter, with stone as the example.
A guide on budding fruit trees describes selecting a vigorous bud, cutting bark and wood, inserting the bud, and tying with bass matting while noting growth timing and care. The piece also reports visits by Mr. and Mrs. John Durst, Mrs. B Matthews and Miss Joel, and an arriving theater company for a Graham performance.
A traveler judges a farmer by the farmstead and barns, while real estate agents assess value by grounds and buildings. For a home, family life and uplift depend on attractive surroundings, merging business with dwelling space, a spirit central to American farm life and its improvement.
Timely hints note contrivances for plows that pulverize soil as you move, with each round dragging or crushing the last furrow. A farmer who avoids stopping to scour tools is praised as thrifty and careful. Kansas owns a proprietary prairie dog and gopher poison made at the experiment station and sold at cost to farmers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.